The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-05-09

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out of SO votes, there were SO Of them
voting against it, and among those 93
was every :nember of congress, who
voted at all, with the exception of one,
and nc voted against the resolution.
! From the audience: Name him, name
him. And then they Endorsed this
sentence from the convention of per-
sons opposed to prohibition We
hold the Constitution of the United
States, based on the Declaration of In
dependence, guarantees the enjoyment
of n PERSONS faith and religious prin-
ciple, and the pursuit OF happiness,
and warrant the action of no law that
seeks to deprive him Of these rights
do not think there is any question
about where our party stands on that
question, the party belong to.
Who brought this new idea into
Texas anyhow? How did il get down
here? IL has cone in circuit from
Maine across the continent, and then
come down through Kansas to Texas.
Who brought it here II was brought
in the bosons of n Protestant political
priesthood. 1t has been against the
genius and support of our fathers, they
fought against it, and when | was u
boy so great was that awe of public
opinion, and it was so with many OF
you when you were young, rs there
are many of you who are rs old as
am, that you could hardly get Il preach
er TO say in whisper 10 what politi-
cal party he belonged, and there isnot
man here, 65 years of age, who ever
heard Protestant preacher in the
Union, state in the puln:t to what
party he belonged to. One OF these
preachers, the very first | ever heard
Of, Aaron, who was to stand between
God aud man, and yet while Moses
was up on the Mountain, and the AL
mighty was giving his laws for the
government of the children Of Israel,
and the mountain was quaking and
the thunder rolling, Aaron was down
at the bottom making calf, and after
he had got that calf done lie could
not wait tor the few days that Moses
was gone, 10 days, but he had to make
them golden calf to worship. and
after he had got it made he put il up,
and said, this be thy God" Would
YOU havethought that that idolatry and
that great sin could have come from Il
preacher, and yet il did, and Yet the
whole history of the human family
will show you that there have been
more cruel and remorscless sullcrin :
caused by The preachers and priests
than by
! ALL.TUE BALANCE OF THE WORLD.
Do you remember who il was who
conspired TO kill Christ? Do YOU re-
member who it was sod him. aud
went and negotiated the price? Judas,
secretary Of the treasury. said how
much will you give me, and what will
be my profit, and they gave him 30
pieces of silver. equivalent to $22.50
in our money. They don't come so
cheap in these days. | heard one say
not long ago, in discussion with me
that he was getting $50 per month and
his victuals. Judas began hispcrfor-
nance by cusslng his victim, this man
began his opening the service with
PRAYER, and after he had done that, he
read a chapter from the Bible ont Of
which hell had been kicked "hig her
than Gilroy's kite and then proceed
ed TO use cuss-words all through his
speech about the damnable Democrat
ic party. Do you remember who it
was in the days of the Roman cmper-
ors who took the early Christians and
lashod them TO lamp-posts, TO light the
city by their burning bodies! Who
was il prosecuted every ono who
refused TO agree with them
the dssenters and early apos-
ties and dissentcrs from the church? !
was the Roman priests. You oil re-
member of that very great man, nam
ed Calico. who told about the science
o. the movement of the heavenly bod
les, and came to the conclusion That
the earth moved on Its axis every "a
hours. ne we do now, hut the pope
said it was agin the Bible, and could
not be so, that he saw the sun rise ev-
cry morning and go down every night,
and that the sun went around the
earth every day, and if Calico believ-
ed that he wouli have TO
punish him, as il OPP
posed the Bible, and he called him TO
come before him, and he compelled
that great philosopher TO clothe him.
self in sackcloth, and get down on his
knees before the pope, 10 recant,
and take back all he had said about
the movement of the earth, and when
he got up he whispered TO one of his
friends sanding by: =" She still moves,
all the same. " ApplauselThese priests
xvh..fhar DrOtpstaut or inthOlic have
a wonderful influence on men. don't
know whether they whisper TO any
body that she still moves or not, but |